Demihuman Deities

by Eric L. Boyd

This esential supplement is a companion to Faiths & Avatars and Powers & Pantheons, which detailed the rules by which deities function in the Realms. Demihuman Deities describes the demihuman relgions... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786912391
• ISBN13: 9780786912391
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: TSR
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

BEWARE OF THE GODS!

Faiths and Avatars, Powers and Pantheons, and Demihuman Deities make up for one of the BEST Forgotten Realms accessories (they are in trilogy form) ever made. The Trilogy sheds light on exactly what the title says: Gods-and there sure is lots of them! The books, which are very well written and very well presented, also focus on other areas such as each church's distinct culture, tradition, and history. As a result, they will win you over for sure! Eric Boyd does a FANTASTIC job of presenting the different pantheons, ranging from background history, to rank descriptions, to their respective magic, thus allowing for the creation of important people and characters, to adventure hooks and encounter tables, to magical items and artifacts, to new spells and treasures. This accessory has it all and more! Each god has his own supplementary text information, clerics' and worshippers' alignments, Specialty Priest class and their alignments, church symbols, specific spells, special abilities, dress garb, even information relating to actual temples. For other FR references/adventures, I STRONGLY recommend: the Old Empires accessory on Chessenta, Mulhorand, and Unther, Dreams of Red Wizards on Thay, Dwarves Deep, Draconomicon, the Jungles of Chult and Moonsea accessories, the Shadowdale, Tantras, and Waterdeep adventures, the Ruins of Myth Drannor (Elven pantheon) and the Ruins of Zhentil Keep Box Sets for Bane vs Cyric material (they are Second Edition AD & D, out of print and it will take a bit of searching, but it's well worth it). For updated editions of events in the Realms, see the Third Edition Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, which even though is quite expensive, is still very useful to all FR fans. Moreover, for those interested in the gods, the Forgotten Realms novels to read are: The Avatar Trilogy- Shadowdale, Tantras, and Waterdeep, the Prince of Lies, and Crucible: the Trial of Cyric the Mad. In addition, the Ring of Winter is relevant to the Chultan pantheon and specifically to Ubtao, as it is the only novel set in the Jungles of Chult. Faiths and Avatars, Powers and Pantheons, and Demihuman Deities along with the Forgotten Realms Adventures accessory, and the three Forgotten Realms Campaign Settings (one for each edition) are a "must!" They all compliment each other. Whether you are playing in the Forgotten Realms or in the Planes, this trilogy of books will be of tremendous help in collecting all the information you'll ever need.

Highly Recommend

This is the third book dealing with deities in the Forgotten Realms. This is the only book dealing with only demi-humans. If you are running a drow campaign or need information on drow gods it is here. There is also elves, halflings, gnomes, and dwarven gods presented. If there is any demi-humans in your campaign this is a must so that either the DM or PC can have a better understanding of the religions on the Realms as a whole. One problem is that is some instances they refer to the other two books (Faiths and Avatars, Powers and Pantheons) in the series. But neither is truly needed if you are running a demi-human only campaign.

Finally-Demi-Humans can be more than Generic Clerics

This book is absolutely amazing in the depth of information that is available. All of the playable demi-human races from FR have their faiths described in detail, from history of the deity to the actual make up of their churches, etc. This book definately is of aid if you DM or play in a group where individuals love to play demi-humans because players do not have to be priests to enjoy some of the benefits. Also, it allows priests to more closely mirror the ideals of their dieties, namely with regards to specialty priests. It has made several players in my group who viewed playing a cleric as a "medic" appreciate playing clerics again. The volume of information that is available in this book is a tad bit overwhelming at times and a few of the specialty priests are too powerful in my opinion but overall this book is definately a must have if you are running a FR campaign. It will open players up to playing clerics more often, providing them with the means to have a rich background and meaningful interactions within their faith.

The Faiths & Avatars series completed

First off all, I wish to congratulate Eric L. Boyd and the whole TSR FR-Team to finally bring the FR Deities in line. I am a long-time AD & D FR player and a long time ago, there were other books which mentioned the various demihuman deities ("Dwarves Deep", for example), but the only problem was, that those accesoires were written by different authors and so there were totally different formats used for the deities. Some deities were totally over-powered, some were "underpowered" and some information was totally useless for players who wanted to be a priest of this deity. But now, that's over. With this book the players of demihuman characters can play a priest of the demihuman powers as detailed as a priest of the common human gods. And the best is, the format and relative power of the deities and avatars in this book fit completely with the rest of the Faiths & Avatars series. In each racial entry there is also a short historical overview of the accomplishments of these race in question. All in all an excellent book, which is recommended for everyone who wants to play a priest of one of those demihuman gods worshipped in the Realms, but if you have no interest in gods and their priests, this book is not for you.

Finally!

The next book in the Faiths and Avatar Sourcebook line. This book has been delayed multiply times by TSR and is finally going to come out! It is going to tell of other Dieties Such as Lloth the Spider Queen of the Menobranzan and Shevarash the Drow Slayer of Evermeet. At last players will be able to play demihuman clerics that worship the gods they should be Worshiping! A must have!